We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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My effort here is to help you to feel that existence is not indifferent towards you. It is deeply concerned about you, it cares for you, it loves you. and when one feels loved and cared for, one is capable of loving and caring. when existence pours its love into you, you start sharing your love with others. You become so burdened with love that you have to share. You cannot contain it, it is uncontainable. It starts spreading, radiating.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the reciprocal nature of love and how feeling loved can inspire individuals to share that love with others.
In this quote, Rajneesh conveys that existence itself is inherently loving and caring towards individuals. This sense of being cared for instills a deep capacity for love within oneself, prompting an outflow of love towards others. When one acknowledges and feels this love from the universe, it becomes overwhelming, leading to a natural desire to spread that love, creating a cycle of compassion and connection among people.
Themes
LoveExistenceCareSharingConnection
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about interpersonal relationships.
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